Hibbertia pilosa

Hibbertia pilosa, commonly known as hairy guinea flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has leaves with long, soft hairs. The flowers are yellow with one or two densely hairy carpels from September to December.[2][3] The species was first formally described in 1845 by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (pilosa) means "pilose", referring to the leaves.[6]

Hibbertia pilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. pilosa
Binomial name
Hibbertia pilosa
Habit in Kings Park, Perth

Hairy guinea flower grows on rocky slope, grantie outcrops and hills in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Hibbertia pilosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. "Hibbertia pilosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Wheeler, Judith R. (1984). "Taxonomic notes on some Western Australian species of Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae)". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 39. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. "Hibbertia pilosa". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. von Steudel, Ernst G. (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Hamburg. p. 272. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 277. ISBN 9780958034180.
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